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The Home Network is one of the most important infor-mation infrastructures of the future.A mong the HomeNetwork solutions available, one promising technologyis a HomePNA utilizing the phone line.However, itis not able to guaranteed the QoS due to the adapta-tion of the mature IEEE802.3 CSMA/CD technologywhich is use d for Ethernet.In light of this, we pro-pose and evaluate a new MAC protocol for the HomeNetwork called the HomeMAC that provides guaranteedQoS for appliances and PCs.HomeMAC features a hy-brid CSMA/CD-Timed Token protocol which combinesthe CSMA/CD with timed token protocol and transmitsreal-time traffic based on the QoS L evel Table (QLT)for guaranteeing QoS.In the HomeMAC, there are twodifferent transmission modes, namely, the CSMA/CDMode when there isnoreal-time traffic, and the TimedToken Mode when there is real-time traffc taking place.By dynamically switching the transmission mode be-tween CSMA/CD Mode and Timed Token Mode in ac-cordance with the different kinds of traffic, the hybridprotocol provides low delay, low jitter, and low lossrate to multimedia appliances such as TVs, DVDs, andPCs. Moreover, by providing exible bandwidth alloca-tion b ased onQLT, the HomeMAC can serve high QoSwhole covering entire offered load.